Will: I've never seen anyone get so excited over books before. You'd think they were diamonds.Tessa: Well, they are, aren't they? Isn't there anything you love like that?

Let me give you a piece of advice. The handsome young fellow who's trying to rescue you from a hideous fate is never wrong. Not even if he says the sky is purple and made of hedgehogs.

Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry.

Your angel cannot protect you against that which neither god nor the devil had made

Will looked horrified. "What kind of monster could possibly hate chocolate?

It is as great a thing to love as it is to be loved. Love is not something that can be wasted.

It isn't against the Law to be an idiot.

Demon pox. There's always demon pox.

He banged on the side of the carriage. "Thomas! We must away at once to the nearest brothel. I seek scandal and low companionship.

While the Clave disapproves of trespassers, oddly they take an even darker view of beheading and skinning people. They're peculiar that way.

When you find a man you wish to marry, Tessa, remember this: You will know what kind of man he is not by the things he says, but by the things he does.

Wander with intentinto a garden glorious.Walk with double briskupon edenic paths.Flee the cursing fearthat lights upon your eye.Seize the twisted dreamthat strangles earth and sky.

Foisting an identity on people rather than allowing them the freedom and space to create their own is shady.

I believe in life. And I have seen the death parade

Trying to “fix” the people in your life that cause you pain is like massaging your shoes because your feet ache.

I am almost sick and giddy with the quantity of things in my head, all tempting and wanting to be worked out.

If we all leap before we crawl, we might fall.

When the ego dies, the soul awakes.

Use your imagination lovingly on behalf of another.

He who loves goodness harbors angels, reveres reverence, and lives with God.

Prayer is repeating the victor's name (Jesus) into the ears of Satan and insisting on his retreat.